Đề kiểm tra một tiết môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 năm học 2008-2009 - Trường THCS Nguyễn Du

Nguyen Du Jr. HIGH SCHOOL
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THE FOURTH WRITTEN TEST 
ENGLISH 9 - TIME :45 MINUTES
MARKS :
I/Vocabulary and structures: Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.(4.0 ms)	
Mrs. Lan can speak English rather ___________ .
a. good 	b. goodly	c. better	d. well
 Tet is a festival ______________ occurs in late January or early February.
a. it	b. which 	c. who	d. what
_____________ is celebrated in late March or early April in memory of freeing of the Jews from being slaves in Egypt.
a. Passover	b. Christmas	c. Easter	d. Halloween 
____________ is a tropical storm with strong wind.
a. tidal wave	b. tornado	c. volcano	d. typhoon
Mrs. Lan, ____________ us English, is very strict.
a. she teaches	b. which teaches	c. who teaches	d. that teaches
The _____________ in Kobe in 1995 killed a large number of people.
a. volcano	b. earthquake	c. tornado	d. tidal wave
Volcano, earthquake, tornado and tidal wave are called ____________ .
a. storms	b. energy	c. disasters	d. resources
We can usually predict when a volcano will _________________ .
a. abrupt	b. erupt	c. flow	d. pass
Tornadoes – the funnel shaped storms can suck up anything . . . . . . . is in their path . 
a. that 	b. who 	c. whom 	d. whose 
Ninety percent of . . . . . . . occur around the Pacific Rim known as the “ Ring of Fire “.
a. earthquakes 	b. typhoons 	c. thunderstorms 	d. tornadoes 
A tropical storm which reaches 120 km per hour is called a . . . . . in North and South America.
a. hurricane	b. typhoon	c. cyclone	d. tornado 
The Tidal wave . . in December 2004 in South East Asia killed more than 200,000 people.
a. disaster	b. thunderstorm	c. hurricane	d. volcano
The man . . . . . . . helped us last week is a scientist . 
a. who 	b. whom	 	c. which 	d. whose 
A large number of people were killed when homes , office blocks and highways . . . . . . . 
a. collapsed 	b. collapse 	c. collapsing 	d. collapses
Hue will have temperatures . . . . . . . 230C and 270C . 
a. between 	b. at	c. in 	d. with 
. . . .is a festival which occurs in late January or early February.
a. the Lunar New Year holiday	b. New Year’s Day
c. Father’s Day	d. Passover
II/ Reading :(3ms)
	Christmas is a very important festival in Britain and the USA . (17). . . . . . . . . . . . is on 25 December .The day before this is called (18). . . . . . . . . . . . . and the day after is called(19). . . . . . . . . . . . . At Christmas , We give presents and send (20) . . . . . . . . . . . . to eat other .We put special trees , (21) . . . . . . , in our homes and decorate them with colored lights and other pretty things .
	Children believe that(22) . . . . . . . . . . . . visits them and brings them presents at night . Many people go to church at Christmas and sing (23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . On Christmas Day , a special (24) . . . . . . . . . . . . is eaten , usually with roast (25) . . . . . . . . . . . . and hot (26) . . . . . . . . ( a kind of cake made with dried fruit ).
A/Choose the best options for completing the following paragraph :
a .Christmas Day 	b. Easter	c. Passover	d. New Year’s Day
a. Christmas Eve	b. Christmas dinner	c. Carols	d. Christmas trees
a. Christmas cards 	b. Boxing Day	c. turkey	d. Santa Claus
a. Christmas cards	b. turkey	c. Santa Claus	d. Christmas dinner
a Christmas trees 	b. Santa Claus	c. Christmas dinner	d. Christmas Eve
a. turkey	b. Christmas dinner	c. Santa Claus	d. Christmas trees
a. Christmas Eve	b. Christmas dinner	c. Carols	d. Christmas trees
a. Christmas cards	b. turkey	c. Santa Claus	d. Christmas dinner
a. turkey	b. Christmas Eve	c. Carols	d. Christmas trees
a. pudding	b. cakes	c. Sandwiches	d. sticky rice cakes
B/ Choose the best options for answering the questions about the paragraph :
Which song is sung on Christmas Day ?
a. Carols	b. Auld Lang Syne	c. Happy birth day to you 	d. Happy New Year
What kind of food is eaten on Christmas Day ?
a. sticky rice cakes	b. Sandwich and hot pudding	c. Sandwiches	 	d. roast turkey and hot sandwich
III/Pronunciation : (1m)
a/ wrap	b/ damage	c/ forecast	d/ collapse
a/ reduce	b/ funnel	c/ result	d/ sunny
a/ thunderstorm	b/ Passover	c/ compose	d/ volcano
a/ parade	b/ behave	c/ celebrate	d/ earthquake
IV/Write : Answer the question (2ms)
1/ Tell 4 things you have to do when there is a storm coming :
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2/ Tell 4 kinds of the natural disaster you know :
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THE END
@TEST 3:
Hundreds of people on the beach died, and thousands were injured ______ scientists had warned about eruption.
 when	b. although	c. before	d. because
If the rice paddies are polluted, the rice plants ______________.
 are die	b. will die	c. would die	d. is died
Tornadoes are ___________ storms which pass over below a thunderstorm.
 funnel-shaped	b. circle- shaped	c. tropical	d. snow
I’m always proud __________ my father and love him so much.
 in	b. at	c. of	c. off
What activities do you want to ____________ in at school and at the club.
take role	b. take part	c. play part	d. play role
Many tourists enjoy most of the festivals in Viet Nam although they do not understand Vietnamese ___________ very much.
 culture	b. information	c. season	d. party
The people __________ live in Greece speak Greek, don’t they?
 who	b. whom	b. whose	d. where
I can’t hear what you are saying. Can you ___________ the volume?
 turn off	b. turn up	c. turn on	d. turn to
I congratulate Susan ____________ passing her exam.
 at	b. about	c. with	d. on
A ___________ is a very strong wind that goes quickly around a circle.
 volcano	b. tidal wave	c. tornado	d. typhoon
She is a __________ girl.
 beauty	b. beautiful	c. beautifully	d. carelessly
Mr. Nam drives his car ____________. 
 care	b. careful	c. carefully	d. careless